Renton, WA is a town located in King County with a total area of 37.3 square miles and an estimated population of 103,000. It is governed by the mayor and six council members at-large who are elected by Renton鈥檚 citizens to serve four year terms. The mayor of Renton is Armondo Pratt and the current city council members include Ed Prince, Debbie Tarry, Ryan McIrvin, Rich Zwicker, Randy Corman, and Angela Birney. All local political candidates have been chosen by Renton residents some through direct elections while others through appointment. In recent years the mayor has made efforts to increase government transparency and improve communication with citizens. He has also used his office to foster economic development in the city as well as support for local businesses and organizations.
The political climate in Zip 98059 (Renton, WA) is strongly liberal.
King County, WA is very liberal. In King County, WA 75.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, King county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.0% to 22.2%.
King county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 98059 (Renton, WA) is strongly liberal.
Renton, Washington is strongly liberal.
King County, Washington is very liberal.
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metro Area is very liberal.
Washington is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Renton, Washington: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 98059 (Renton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,864 contributions totaling $262,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 347 contributions totaling $49,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)